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Islands In The Stream
by Ernest Hemingway
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/DJ Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684102439
- ISBN 13
- 9780684102436
- Seller
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About This Item
#1042 0 Scribner Book Company, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. Charles Scribner's Sons,09/01/1970. On copyright page, A-9.70 (V). ISBN 0-684-10243-9'. Green Cloth over boards, gold lettering. Very Good/DJ Very Good. Islands in the Stream (1970) is the first of the posthumously published works of Ernest Hemingway. The book was originally intended to revive Hemingway's reputation after the negative reviews of Across the River and Into the Trees. He began writing it in 1950 and advanced greatly through 1951. The work, rough but seemingly finished, was found by Mary Hemingway among 332 works Hemingway left behind at his death. Islands in the Stream was meant to encompass three stories to illustrate different stages in the life of its main character, Thomas Hudson. The three different. Charles Scribner's Sons,09/01/1970. On copyright page, A-9.70 (V). ISBN 0-684-10243-9' . Cover artist Paul Bacon. Very Good, solid and bright, no soiling or writing, no owners plate. Has a moisture stain front and back lower corners at spine. Green Cloth over boards, gold lettering. DJ has stain lower spine area, has not penetrated to front cover, shelf wear at top and bottom of spine and close tear at front cover right bottom. Green Cloth over boards, gold lettering. Price Clipped.
Synopsis
Islands in the Stream was published in 1970, nine years after Hemingway's death. Thomas Hudon is an painter and adventurer in the 1930s, and this tale documents his voyages from Bimini to antisubmarine action in Cuba and beyond.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898
- Title
- Islands In The Stream
- Author
- Ernest Hemingway
- Format/Binding
- Green Cloth over boards, gold lettering
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- DJ Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Charles Scribner's Sons,09/01/1970. On copyright page, A-9.70 (V
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0684102439
- ISBN 13
- 9780684102436
- Publisher
- #1042 0 Scribner Book Company, Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- bc bib web #1,042, Item #898
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Gift Catalog; NATURE AND TRAVEL;
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